This blog was written last weekend, but without the Internet at Bay Shore or here in Pennsylvania it is not being posted until today. It will always be amystery how we are posting from PA. Thank you all for your patience and prayers!
We just finished our week at Beulah Beach family camps and are on our way to Sebawaing Michigan for some time with Kent Fishel at Bay Shore camp. This is actually one of the camps we went to last year, and as you can probably tell from the blog post from last year, we are exited to return!
This past week was a mid summer chance for our team to take a breath as our responsibilities at family camp were not impossible by any means. Waking up in the morning to one of the great lakes spreading out before you was a feeling we could have all gotten used to. The fact that we could see Cedar point from our place on the coast was another key to the view. We will save our trip there for next weekend however. Let us know if you’d like to meet upJ
We had the opportunity to participate in two different family camps this week, one that started the day before we arrived, and the second, which will end tomorrow. We were able to play with the two different worship leaders the camp had in morning and evening sessions, as well as play a song that was just led by our team. Several of us also had the opportunity to help out with some of the kid’s classes during the services. We were also able to work occasionally alongside the camp staff, working the waterslides, jet-skis, and craft area. Some of the guys worked on a building a deck as well as Denny had the chance to work more one on one with a little kid named Justin this week. Justin was a winner!
In our free time, some of us were able to get personal work done like applications and phone calls, as well as work on important life skills like napping and jet-skiing. Our team also discovered the joys of Spicy Uno this week – an interesting variation of the game of Uno, which involves slapping the table, trading hands, asking for cards from other players, and the victor signing the winning card! Thank you Bethany for your generosity!
We also had time to connect with another ministry team from IWU this week, Veritas, who is a permanent team at Beulah Beach this summer. The guys were great and Wes was gracious enough to take us on a late night boat ride on the fourth as well as get us jet-ski access for an afternoon.
Car we saw in Crackertown:
This week was an excellent time for our team to regroup, regain our health and reorient our heads and hearts. We had the opportunity to minster to families and are continuing to realize more and more each week just how the institution of the family is critical to the health of young people and our society. God has been doing amazing things in lives this summer however as we have seen the seeds of forgiveness and hope in kids hearts.
We hope you are all doing well and enjoying the beautiful summer days wherever you are.
2 tidbits of truth for you today:
First, all truth is God’s truth. Second, God’s cell number is Jeremiah 33:3. Thank you second and third grade class!
Thank you for all of your prayers and love!
Love always,
Revolution
PS - Check out the band Seeds family worship for some excellent songs straight from scripture!
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